Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Scandinavia and the Baltic Region
Original Caption Released with Image:
Data from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer's vertical-viewing (nadir) camera were combined to create this cloud-free natural-color mosaic of Scandinavia and the Baltic region. The image extends from 64°N, 0°E in the northwest to 56°N, 32°E in the southeast, and has been draped over a shaded relief Digital Terrain Elevation Model from the United States Geological Survey. It is displayed in an equidistant conic projection.

The image area includes southern Norway, Sweden and Finland, northern Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and part of western Russia. Norway's rugged western coastline is deeply indented by fjords. Elongated lakes, formed by glacial erosion and deposition, are characteristic of the entire region, and are particularly dense throughout Finland and Sweden. Numerous islands are present, and a virtually continuous chain of small, scattered islands occur between Sweden and Finland. The northern and eastern waters of the Baltic Sea are almost fresh, since the Baltic receives saltwater only from the narrow and shallow sounds between Denmark and Sweden that connect it to the North Sea. Most of the major cities within the image area are coastal, including St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, and Oslo.

The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) observes the daylit Earth continuously from pole to pole, and every 9 days views the entire globe between 82 degrees north and 82 degrees south latitude.

MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology.
Image Credit:
NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Earth Observing System (EOS)
Spacecraft:
Terra
Target Name:
Earth
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
Product Size:
1798 samples x 920 lines
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Sun
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Earth
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Terra
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Earth Observing System
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EOS
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MISR
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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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California
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Washington
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Russia
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North Sea
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Norway
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Sweden
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Baltic Sea
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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Helsinki
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Latvia
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Oslo
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Riga
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Stockholm
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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United States of America
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Langley Research Center (LaRC)
Image #:
PIA04337
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04337
orignial url:
http://photojournal…

Scandinavia and the Baltic Region
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